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Post by robespierre on May 24, 2013 12:56:35 GMT -5
Apologies in advance if this is a dumb question, but does anyone have any information as to whether Dodd-Frank, or the regulations being written pursuant to Dodd-Frank, creates new types of hearings that would require the hiring of new ALJs?
(If so, perhaps this is why the register is being opened at this time?)
Thanks.
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Post by 71stretch on May 24, 2013 14:41:27 GMT -5
Don't know about whether it creates more ALJs, but I'm pretty confident that the opening of the register and the redesign of the process was SSA/ODAR driven.
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Post by johnx on May 28, 2013 21:55:49 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, the backlog of veterans disability claims made me wonder the same thing, just a different area. I dont think they use aljs for that but maybe the procedure will change.
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Post by robespierre on May 29, 2013 10:54:24 GMT -5
Yah, they don't use ALJs for veterans claims. But that's the kind of creative thinking that caused me to start the thread. I can't help wondering if there is more to the new register than just fresh meat for SSA. Government's expanding.
But then again it could be just my imagination ... running away with me ...
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Post by Administrator ALJ on May 29, 2013 15:08:53 GMT -5
Yah, they don't use ALJs for veterans claims. But that's the kind of creative thinking that caused me to start the thread. I can't help wondering if there is more to the new register than just fresh meat for SSA. Government's expanding. But then again it could be just my imagination ... running away with me ... Actually the VA does use Veteran's Law Judges (ALJs) at the Board of Veteran Appeals level. Unfortunately there are not many positions, and they are all centralized in Washington DC. It would be nice if the VA expanded its VLJ program. I currently work for the VA as a hearings examiner GS-13 at the appeals level. Not having worked in the federal system, this may seem a stupid question. What is the difference (i.e., in pay, work, et cetera) between a hearing officer and an ALJ? (Sorry it sounds like the beginning of a very bad joke...) |
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Post by johnx on May 29, 2013 15:31:29 GMT -5
Yah, they don't use ALJs for veterans claims. But that's the kind of creative thinking that caused me to start the thread. I can't help wondering if there is more to the new register than just fresh meat for SSA. Government's expanding. But then again it could be just my imagination ... running away with me ... Actually the VA does use Veteran's Law Judges (ALJs) at the Board of Veteran Appeals level. Unfortunately there are not many positions, and they are all centralized in Washington DC. It would be nice if the VA expanded its VLJ program. I currently work for the VA as a hearings examiner GS-13 at the appeals level. there ya go, getting us all conspiratorial and thinking maybe that big, notorious, political veterans backlog might be part of the reason for opening the exam. |
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Post by cafeta on May 29, 2013 17:00:45 GMT -5
Actually the VA does use Veteran's Law Judges (ALJs) at the Board of Veteran Appeals level. Unfortunately there are not many positions, and they are all centralized in Washington DC. It would be nice if the VA expanded its VLJ program. I currently work for the VA as a hearings examiner GS-13 at the appeals level. there ya go, getting us all conspiratorial and thinking maybe that big, notorious, political veterans backlog might be part of the reason for opening the exam. Actually, if my mind has not wandered too far into fantasyland, that would be great if the VA expanded the BVA appeals level to a regional structure, similar to SSA's - is that even possible? I don't know the BVA structure. If so, that would be great for the huge backlog and greatly increase the odds for those who continue and get to a cert! |
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Post by johnx on May 29, 2013 17:30:40 GMT -5
there ya go, getting us all conspiratorial and thinking maybe that big, notorious, political veterans backlog might be part of the reason for opening the exam. Actually, if my mind has not wandered too far into fantasyland, that would be great if the VA expanded the BVA appeals level to a regional structure, similar to SSA's - is that even possible? I don't know the BVA structure. If so, that would be great for the huge backlog and greatly increase the odds for those who continue and get to a cert! I've got partners in fantasy! come on y'all, if enough people believe, it will happen. |
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Post by workdrone on May 29, 2013 17:45:35 GMT -5
Actually the VA does use Veteran's Law Judges (ALJs) at the Board of Veteran Appeals level. Unfortunately there are not many positions, and they are all centralized in Washington DC. It would be nice if the VA expanded its VLJ program. I currently work for the VA as a hearings examiner GS-13 at the appeals level. Veteran's Law Judges are not ALJs. They are Administrative Judges like the DOJ immigration Judges and are not hired through the OPM process. The VLJs are typically appointed in-house from Board of Veteran Appeals staff attorneys and VA OGC attorneys. So under the current system, if BVA ever expands its operation and hire more VLJs, it would have nothing to do with the OPM register as they have a different hiring process. Re BVA process generally: www.veterans.senate.gov/hearings.cfm?action=release.display&release_id=bc95e325-8d50-4b6f-b08c-7b7ccaa3fefcFY12 BVA report: www.bva.va.gov/docs/Chairmans_Annual_Rpts/BVA2012AR.pdf |
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Post by Administrator ALJ on May 29, 2013 17:54:31 GMT -5
Actually the VA does use Veteran's Law Judges (ALJs) at the Board of Veteran Appeals level. Unfortunately there are not many positions, and they are all centralized in Washington DC. It would be nice if the VA expanded its VLJ program. I currently work for the VA as a hearings examiner GS-13 at the appeals level. Veteran's Law Judges are not ALJs. They are Administrative Judges like the DOJ immigration Judges and are not hired through the OPM process. The VLJs are typically appointed in-house from Board of Veteran Appeals staff attorneys and VA OGC attorneys. So under the current system, if BVA ever expands its operation and hire more VLJs, it would have nothing to do with the OPM register as they have a different hiring process. Re BVA process generally: www.veterans.senate.gov/hearings.cfm?action=release.display&release_id=bc95e325-8d50-4b6f-b08c-7b7ccaa3fefcFY12 BVA report: www.bva.va.gov/docs/Chairmans_Annual_Rpts/BVA2012AR.pdfThanks for the information Workdrone. Sounds like BVA is also like NRC. Don't look for any hiring off whatever list comes from this latest OPM process. |
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Post by cafeta on May 29, 2013 18:46:00 GMT -5
Actually the VA does use Veteran's Law Judges (ALJs) at the Board of Veteran Appeals level. Unfortunately there are not many positions, and they are all centralized in Washington DC. It would be nice if the VA expanded its VLJ program. I currently work for the VA as a hearings examiner GS-13 at the appeals level. Veteran's Law Judges are not ALJs. They are Administrative Judges like the DOJ immigration Judges and are not hired through the OPM process. The VLJs are typically appointed in-house from Board of Veteran Appeals staff attorneys and VA OGC attorneys. So under the current system, if BVA ever expands its operation and hire more VLJs, it would have nothing to do with the OPM register as they have a different hiring process. Re BVA process generally: www.veterans.senate.gov/hearings.cfm?action=release.display&release_id=bc95e325-8d50-4b6f-b08c-7b7ccaa3fefcFY12 BVA report: www.bva.va.gov/docs/Chairmans_Annual_Rpts/BVA2012AR.pdfGreat research workdrone, and thank you very much for that valuable information! And timely, I would not have wanted my flight of fantasy to get too far!  |
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Post by robespierre on Jun 3, 2013 9:45:12 GMT -5
I did some research into the question I posed in the OP. Apparently the consumer protection agency set up by Dodd-Frank, the CFPB, is indeed going to have ALJs. See link: www.consumerfinance.gov/administrativeadjudication/ I get the impression, though, that there will be just be a handful of them, in a single office. |
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Post by johnx on Jun 3, 2013 11:13:22 GMT -5
I did some research into the question I posed in the OP. Apparently the consumer protection agency set up by Dodd-Frank, the CFPB, is indeed going to have ALJs. See link: www.consumerfinance.gov/administrativeadjudication/ I get the impression, though, that there will be just be a handful of them, in a single office. Nice research! A handful is still more than the other financial agencies. The occ, fdic, and federal reserve, with all their enforcement,work, just have one ALJ in OFIA. Its also still unclear what cfpb is regulating-they potentially have a huge consumer-related net. |
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Post by ruonthelist on Jun 3, 2013 12:58:52 GMT -5
In addition to whatever adjudication is done in the area of financial regulation, there is also a whistleblower protection provision giving jurisdiction to the Department of Labor. This follows the pattern of a lot of regulatory statutes. Recent examples include Sarbanes-Oxley and the PPACA, which provide for whistleblower protection enforcement by DOL. I’ve put a link to DOL ALJ office’s whistleblower library below. As you can see, neither Dodd-Frank nor the Affordable Care Act have, in their brief time on the books, generated much ALJ litigation. Sarbanes Oxley has been around long enough to generate more, as have the various transportation safety and environmental statutes over which DOL has jurisdiction. www.oalj.dol.gov/LIBWHIST.HTM |
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